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NYKOPING , a seaport of See also:Sweden, See also:chief See also:town of the See also:district (ran) of Sodermanland, 98 m. S.W. of See also:Stockholm by a See also:branch from the Stockholm-See also:Malmo railway. Pop. (1900) 7375. It lies at the See also:head of the By-See also:fjord, an inlet of the Baltic. The ruins of its once famous See also:castle, the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1662), and the district See also:governor's See also:residence, are notable buildings. The See also:port, together with that of Oxelosund (ro m. S.E.) at the mouth of the See also:bay, which is seldom closed in See also:winter, exports See also:iron and See also:zinc ere, See also:timber, See also:wood-pulp and oats.
NykSping (i.e. New-See also:Market, Latinized as Nicopia) begins to appear as a town See also:early. in the 13th See also:century. Its castle was the seat of the See also:kings of Sodermanland, and after those of Stockholm and See also:Kalmar was the strongest in Sweden. The See also:death of Waldemar in 1293, the starving to death of See also:Dukes Waldemar and See also:Eric in 1318, the See also:marriage and the deaths both of See also:Charles IX. and his See also:consort See also:Christina of See also:Holstein, the See also:birth of their daughter Princess See also:Catherine and in 1622 the birth of her son Charles X. are the See also:main incidents of which it was the See also:scene. Burned down in 1665 and again damaged by See also:fire in 1719, it still remained the seat of the provincial authorities till 176o. The town was burned by See also:Albert of See also:Mecklenburg's party in 1389, by an accidental conflagration in 1665, and by the Russians in 1719.
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